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He's the first African musician to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Musician Fela Kuti performs at Orchestra Hall in Detroit in 1986.

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

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